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CrimeDad, in Germany approves global minimum corporate tax

Seems kind of complicated to me. Why don’t countries just unilaterally put tarriffs on imports from countries with (corporate) income taxes that are too low, as well as countries that don’t also have similar tariffs?

OnionQuest,

Global tax is complicated. A reprisal tariff regime would be way way way more complicated. The US doesn’t want to be in a position where it’s levying 50% tariffs on Guinness because Ireland’s corporate tax rate is 12.5%. How do you know that tariff is fair and would the WTO even recognize uneven tax rates as a sanctionable offense?

This is a carrot vs stick approach.

CrimeDad,

Hmmm makes me question the benefit of the WTO.

iHUNTcriminals, in Israel-Palestine, lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip

As long as everyone else has Disney plus, it’s all good! /S

elfpie, in EU negotiators agree on historic law to restore Europe’s nature

“If you have an outcome-based approach and you do not reach the goals, then you have to apply additional measures […] whereas now you say okay, I tried, but unfortunately, it didn’t turn out the way I wanted to,” Paulus explained.

Politicians and producers love good ideas that will attract the public’s attention, but should be tweaked just enough to not be executed as intended.

stallmer, in First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct

But what about the millions of pictures that DON’T contain the lost echidna?

jackie_jormp_jomp,

What fucking idiot would want a picture without an echidna in it?

Vilian, in Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack

Egypt warned you, you fucker, do you really was gonna trust a bunch of reporters?

acockworkorange, in India and Pakistan choked by heavy smog, leaving thousands sick

Finally united!

ConsciousCode, (edited ) in Over 10,500 Killed in One Month as Israel Continues its War on Palestine

This is a sane and measured response to a terrorist attack /s Just do terrorism back 100-fold, I guess?

MxM111, in Palestinian girl filming Israeli soldiers gets shot at in the West Bank
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

The shot sounded very quiet it cannot be a rifle shot. Is it a traumatic weapon? I did not know that those are used.

Limitless_screaming,
@Limitless_screaming@kbin.social avatar

No, it was actually an airsoft gun, OK? Why would they shoot at her?

probablyaCat,

Someone peaking out a door at soldiers with a small black object? Well I dunno. Why would soldiers ever shoot in such a situation...

Limitless_screaming,
@Limitless_screaming@kbin.social avatar

LOL, OK, let's say that a camera could be mistaken for a gun/rifle/nuke. Would the same apply to a phone? Because I cannot read something placed 10 meters away from me, and I still would distinguish a phone from a weapon.

MxM111, (edited )
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

You do not know what solder saw. But I am still insisting this can not be rifle shot. If anyone ever was near shooting rifle, they would know it is much louder.

Seathru,

Suppressors do exist. And are commonly used in close quarters combat. Especially by well funded combatants like the IDF.

tocopherol,
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To back that up I’ve seen a few videos of IDF shooting with suppressors, on videos it can sound like a click, from the sound of this video though I’m not sure it’s even suppressed.

Limitless_screaming,
@Limitless_screaming@kbin.social avatar

Dude, if I ever saw someone slowly tearing you from limb to limb I wouldn't even move my toes. I may even start making justifications for them.

Umbrias,

“I know nothing about Thing In Video but I will choose to vehemently insist this can’t be Thing It Obviously Is, also it’s fine they shot at a civilian with no regard for rules of engagement anyway.”

Bruh

Rivalarrival,

Microphones don’t pick up impulse sound levels properly, and speakers certainly cannot reproduce them. You cannot accurately judge gunshot noise levels from recordings.

MxM111, (edited )
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

I have seen enough shooting videos to say that this is not true. The sound even using phone should be much louder. Not as lows as in real life, but loud and echo should be heard for quite some time.

Rivalarrival,

You can tell from the audio pixels, and from hearing many 'shops in your time?

MxM111, (edited )
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

Read the first sentence of the post you are replying to. Familiarize yourself with idea that YouTube has lots of videos with weapons shots.

Rivalarrival,

You will not understand my criticism until you understand the term “clipping”.

MxM111,
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

I know what lipping is, this is not it.

Rivalarrival,

You may know, but you do not comprehend.

t3rmit3,

I shoot rifles all the time. This was absolutely a rifle.

InvertedParallax,

That sounded like 5.56, which sounds more like a pop than 7.62 (brat) or .303 (boong).

tocopherol, (edited )
@tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You are clearly here solely to defend the IDF, this is a wasted effort in this space. Why do you want to put so much effort into excusing a murderous apartheid state?

MxM111,
@MxM111@kbin.social avatar

Assuming too much?

anachronist, in Palestinian girl filming Israeli soldiers gets shot at in the West Bank

The IDF will likely try to claim that they thought she was a sniper, but if that were true they wouldn’t be standing around in the middle of the street before they shot.

tocopherol,
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You can read the words of the event, but like you said watching their behavior says everything. It’s like US police claiming they feared for their life. They casually stand there, like any other day at work, and attempt to murder a young girl, and probably joked about it after.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited ) in Over 10,500 Killed in One Month as Israel Continues its War on Palestine

Nationalism and religion breeds terror.

perviouslyiner, (edited ) in Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens

Tuvalu is of course part of the commonwealth. Meanwhile the Marshall Islanders are moving to Salem, Oregon.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited ) in Israel's Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say

Fuck war let’s have a World Suicide. Genocide the entire human species.

tesseract,

I know this looks hopeless. But the entire humanity isn’t responsible for the mess the world is in. In fact, the vast majority of humans are innocent beings who don’t intend any harm on other humans or the nature.

It’s just a tiny percentage that’s the problem - an extremely greedy and sociopathic minority. Making the entire human race disappear is not going to work, since these vermin will find a way to sacrifice all the innocent ones, save themselves and take all the resources for themselves (exactly like in this news story). The only reason there is some sanity is because the good people fight back. And that’s the only option we have.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited )

We pay them. It’s not the other way around. We feed them what they need to do this.

We trade humanity for a false sense of security under gang nations that work for world dominance.

We are the problem too. If you pay tax than you’ve paid someone to murder for you.

I’ve seen street life it’s the same thing.

If people won’t protect themselves then they will always be submissive to warlords that get paid for exactly the hell we see. It’s profit, it’s career. Same as gang life.

Doesn’t even matter anyway… It’s already done and dead. There’s no more escaping what humanity’s apathy made.

Diplomjodler, in India and Pakistan choked by heavy smog, leaving thousands sick

Will this finally make people accept that environmentalism is not some hippy-dippy rich people idea but a question of survival for our species? Unfortunately I’m not optimistic.

pbjamm,
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The rich will stay inside their climate controlled, air filtered palaces and send the poors out to the wasteland to fetch what they need.

Serdan,

But if we’re wrong about climate change we’ll have made the air breathable for no reason. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

Diplomjodler,

And just think about all the species that won’t go extinct! All for nothing!

PaddleMaster, (edited )

Probably not, or at least to the people who could make a difference.

The life long suffering and consequences of pollution this brings to people - This is a horrible situation. I’m honestly surprised there’s not better reporting of the people dying from this.

I remember the smoke from the Canadian fires. I couldn’t go outside (not that inside was better) and there was no getting a workout in without inducing burning in my lungs.

Hirom, in Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens
taylus, in First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct
@taylus@lemmy.ml avatar

but have they found the chaos emeralds

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